testing Firefox 4 Beta 4, I run into an issue with the new 'Switch to tab' functionality in the address bar. I have a number of tabs open on a webpage I'm working with. In a new tab (actually even in a different Firefox window, located on a different screen), I want to open this page again.now that I type the page name into the address bar, hoping that it'll point me to my bookmark entry for that page, Firefox only presents the list of already open tabs with the 'Switch to tab' functionality. but I don't want to switch, I want the new tab to show that page.

This would better be discussed in a different location but to post there you must be registered. If you do choose to register, please post back in this thread, asking a moderator to move this to a more appropriate location.

Then register and post in the proper forum. Support is not the place for questions about test builds.

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DanRaisch wrote:This would better be discussed in a different location but to post there you must be registered. If you do choose to register, please post back in this thread, asking a moderator to move this to a more appropriate location.

then would some moderator please move this thread into 'a more appropriate location'? sthones

That's why there should be a "duplicate tab" that's easy to find. Right now you need to drag and drop a tab while pressing Ctrl, which is not very discoverable. A right-click menu entry wouldn't do any harm, in my opinion.

Please add me to the list, of people who wants this thing gone... Is there anyway we can get this "feature" toggled off by default before FF 4 goes live??? This will drive people nuts.... It has already done that to me (albeit a short drive) ... I just want FF 4 to be able to continue dominance over the up coming Internet Destroyer 9 .... take care, King Furball and all the animals

Kingfurball, it will be on by default in Fx 4. Removing it is in the extension realm.

And don't extrapolate your opinion onto the others: most like that feature. Far less people are complaining here than for other features like Panorame, plugin-container, removal of the RSS icon. This shows that this feature is well accepted.